Geodynamic Processes in the Andes of Central Chile and Argentina (Geological Society Special Publications)

vi, 457 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Contents: Geodynamic processes in the Andes of central Chile and Argentina : an introduction / S. A. Sepulveda, L.B. Giambiagi, S.M. Moreiras, L. Pinto, M. Tunik, G.D. Hoke & M. Farias -- Tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the Andean orogen between 31 and 37°S (Chile and western Argentina) / R. Charrier, V.A. Ramos, F. Tapia & L. Sagripanti -- Evolution of shallow and deep structures along the Maipo-Tunuyan transect (33°40'S) : from the Pacific coast to the Andean foreland / L. Giambiagi, A. Tassara, J. Mescua, M. Tunik, P.P. Alvarez, E. Godoy, G. Hoke, L. Pinto, S. Spagnotto, H. Porras, F. Tapia, P. Jara, F. Bechis, V.H. Garcia, J. Suriano, S.M. Moreiras & S.D. Pagano -- Role of basin width variation in tectonic inversion : insight from analogue modelling and implications for the tectonic inversion of the Abanico Basin, 32°-34°S, central Andes / P. Jara, J. Likerman, D. Winocur, M.C. Ghiglione, E.O. Cristallini, L. Pinto & R. Charrier -- Magmatic and tectonic evolution of the Oligocene Valle del Cura basin, main Andes of Argentina and Chile : evidence for generalized extension / D.A. Winocur, V.D. Litvak & R.A. Ramos -- U-Pb detrital zircon ages of Upper Jurassic continental successions : implications for the provenance and absolute age of the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary in the Neuquen Basin / M. Naipauer, M. Tunik, J.C. Marques, E.A. Rojas Vera, G.I. Vujovich, M.M. Pimentel & V.A. Ramos -- The north-western margin of the Neuquen Basin in the headwater region of the Maipo drainage, Chile / E. Godoy -- Geophysical characterization of the upper crust in the transitional zone between the Pampean flat slab and the normal subduction segment to the south (32-34°S) : Andes of the Frontal Cordillera to the Sierras Pampeanas / M. Sánchez, F. Lince Klinger, M.P. Martinez, O. ALvarez, F. Ruiz, C. Weidmann & A. Folguera -- New insights into the Andean crustal structure between 32° and 34°S from GOCE satellite gravity data and EGM2008 model / O. Alvarez, M.E. Gimenez, M.P. Martinez, F. Lince Klinger & C. Braitenberg -- The Neocomian of Chachahuén (Mendoza, Argentina) : evidence of a broken foreland associated with the Payenia flat-slab / L. Sagripanti, B. Aguirre-Urreta, A. Folguera & V.A. Ramos -- Sedimentation model of piggyback basins : Cenozoic examples of San Juan Precordillera, Argentina / J. Suriano, C.O. Limarino, A.M. Tedesco & M.S. Alonso -- Quaternary shortening at the orogenic front of the central Andes of Argentina : the Las Peñas Thrust System / C.H. Costa, E.A. Ahumada, C.E. Gardini, F.R. Vazquez & H. Diederix -- Quaternary tectonics along oblique deformation zones in the central Andean retro-wedge between 31°30'S and 35°S / J.M. Cortes, C.M. Terrizzano, M.M. Pasini, M.G. Yamin & A.L. Casa -- Quaternary evolution of the Cordillera Frontal piedmont between c. 33° and 34°S Mendoza, Argentina / M.A. Zarate, A. Mehl & L. Perucca -- Quaternary tectonics and seismic potential of the Andean retrowedge at 33-34°S / V.H. García & A.L. Casa -- Megalandslides in the Andes of central Chile and Argentina (32°-34°S) and potential hazards / S.M. Moreiras & S.A. Sepulveda -- ³⁶CI terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide dating suggests Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene mass movements on the south face of Aconcagua mountain and in the Las Cuevas-Horcones valleys, central Andes, Argentina / R.L. Hermanns, L. Fauqué & C.G.J. Wilson -- Historical damage and earthquake environmental effects related to shallow intraplate seismicity of central western Argentina / S.M. Moreiras & M.S. Páez -- Near pure surface uplift of the Argentine Frontal Cordillera : insights from &U-Th)/He thermochronometry and geomorphic analysis / G.D. Hoke, N.R. Graber, J.F. Mescua, L.B. Giambiagi, P.G. Fitzgerald & J.R. Metcalf -- Erosion in the Chilean Andes between 27°S and 39°S : tectonic, climatic and geomorphic control / S. Carretier, V. Tolorza, M.P. Rodriguez, E. Pepin, G. Aguilar, V. Regard.…